San Diego drone mistaken for UFO in D.C.

Plane? UFO?

An X-47B unmanned aircraft developed at Northrop Grumman in San Diego was mistaken for a UFO when it was transported by flatbed truck Wednesday night through the streets near Washington D.C. People called 9-1-1 to report the unusual sighting, and the local Fox television station played the matter up big, noting that wild speculation about the tailless plane had lit up Twitter. The station also played the audio of a 9-1-1 call in which the caller said the X-47B looked like a UFO. The operator responded by saying, "Does it look like a Martian type of thing?"

The X-47B is an experimental aircraft that may someday operate of aircraft carriers.